What Mak a Fay? A Closer Look at Gay Adoptn – CWLA

Contents:

• PROCR FOR GAY COUPL LOOKG TO ADOPT
• IN GOOD FAH? U.S. LEGAL BATTLE OVER GAY ADOPTN TENSIFI
• MAJOR EVANGELIL ADOPTN AGENCY WILL NOW SERVE GAY PARENTS NATNWI
• WHAT MAK A FAY? A CLOSER LOOK AT GAY ADOPTN
• ADOPTN AGENCY SHOULD BE ABLE TO REJECT GAY UPL, TMP ADMISTRATN ARGU
• OUR PARENTS ARE GAY. ARE OUR FAI GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE SUPREME COURT?
• 10 GAY ADOPTN FACTS THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
• THE LOST HISTORY OF GAY ADULT ADOPTN
• GAY RIGHTS, RELIG EEDOM, AND THE BATTLE OVER ADOPTN
• CAN GAY COUPL ADOPT? WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
• GAY ADOPTN: HOW MON IS GAY ADOPTN AND IS LEGAL?

PROCR FOR GAY COUPL LOOKG TO ADOPT

Gay and lbian upl have been expandg their fai through adoptn for a long time, and as legislatn has changed over the years, more optns have bee available. While every gay uple's adoptn procs is unique, there are some standard procr and steps every adoptive parent mt go through, and facts and rourc that n be helpful when nsirg adoptn.

Gay upl n explore all avenu of adoptn, cludg foster re adoptn, tradnal adoptn, and ternatnal adoptns. In the past—and likely still today some areas of the untry—some gay upl have rorted to lyg about their stat so they uld adopt.

IN GOOD FAH? U.S. LEGAL BATTLE OVER GAY ADOPTN TENSIFI

When a gay uple adopts, is mon for one partner to adopt and the send to then apply to the urt as a send parent or -parent. A uple do not need to have a legally-regnized relatnship orr to pursue a send parent adoptn, which mak an appealg optn for gay upl who choose to not get married or enter to a civil unn. Gay and lbian groups tend to show posive rults, while relig or nservative groups often dite negative rults.

MAJOR EVANGELIL ADOPTN AGENCY WILL NOW SERVE GAY PARENTS NATNWI

Many of the ncerns center around unrstandg sexual orientatn and tablishg whether children will velop emotnal problems due to havg gay parents.

Know that there has not been a sgle study showg that the children of gay or lbian parents are disadvantaged any signifint rpect.

Some gay upl fd that their parents—who may have been upset at one time about their children's sexualy—e around when grandchildren enter the picture.

WHAT MAK A FAY? A CLOSER LOOK AT GAY ADOPTN

Hopefully, you'll have lots of support your ner circle, but numero onle rourc ​are available for new gay and lbian parents to help your recently-expand fay to grow and flourish. Dpe the fact that gay adoptn grows more monplace every day, the road ahead may be difficult and filled wh obstacl, so make sure you're both on solid footg and sure about your cisn before you start the adoptn procs.

“It’s hurtful that they’re willg to work wh me for immigratn expertise, but somehow still thk I’m aquate as a person to take re of a child, ” said Marouf - one of two gay upl sug the U.

Conference of Catholic Bishops, said the Department did not ment on pendg natn’s top urt is set to wa to the latg nflict between gay rights and relig eedom as s next term startg October, the U.

ADOPTN AGENCY SHOULD BE ABLE TO REJECT GAY UPL, TMP ADMISTRATN ARGU

”FOSTER PARENTSAdvot fear excludg LGBT+ upl om adoptn or foster re uld lim the number of potential hom for needy children, particularly given gay men and lbians are far more likely to adopt and foster children than their straight 400, 000 children are foster re the Uned Stat, about a quarter of whom are wag to be adopted, acrdg to U.

”LGBT+ rights groups argue that is illegal for relig groups that receive taxpayer-fund grants to ny equal rights to prospective gay parents. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage natnwi 2015, while a seri of subsequent urt lgs have ma adoptn by same-sex upl legal all 50 LGBT+ parents ntue to face wispread discrimatn when to adoptg or raisg children. A 2019 study om Tufts Medil Center found that almost two-thirds of gay fathers the Uned Stat experience stigma as homosexual dads, most often relig a 2015 Universy of Oregon survey of 19, 000 studi related to same-sex parentg found that children raised by gay and lbian upl were no different than those raised by parents of the oppose relig groups, the qutn is not whether gay men and lbians are f to be parents, but rather their relig objectn to homosexual unns the first place.

OUR PARENTS ARE GAY. ARE OUR FAI GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE SUPREME COURT?

Asi om partners gay and lbian upl havg their own blogil offsprg, adoptg children is also extremely mon. When pared to straight upl, who have a 3 percent rate of raisg adopted children, gay upl have a higher rate at 21 percent rate.

10 GAY ADOPTN FACTS THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

SOURCES:[Gay and Lbian Adoptn and Parentg] [NOLO]Adoptn agency should be able to reject gay upl, Tmp admistratn argu] [NBC News]The history behd the latt LGBTQ rights se at the Supreme Court] [The Washgton Post] Tennseans are 'sadned, ' 'disappoted' by new adoptn law [NBC News].

Today, 4 percent of adopted children and 3 percent of foster children are raised by gay and lbian parents, and 2 ln more LGBTQ dividuals are terted adoptg. Throughout the history of gay adoptn, same-sex upl have often faced barriers to growg their fai and have had to fight for equal adoptn rights. Combed wh the feral marriage equaly lg 2015, this urt cisn now protects the right for gay upl to adopt throughout the Uned Stat.

THE LOST HISTORY OF GAY ADULT ADOPTN

However, like oppose-sex upl, there may still be rtrictns on adoptn laws for gay upl based on maral stat, om state to state. At Amerin Adoptns, our program, sts and wa tim are the same for gay and lbian parents as for heterosexual upl.

While the benefs of adoptn are clear, gay adoptive parents will likely also face many of the same challeng that heterosexual adoptive parents experience: addrsg their children’s racial or cultural inty, managg birth parent relatnships an open adoptn, talkg to their child about adoptn and simply adjtg to parenthood. Gay Internatnal Adoptn: In general, is easier for LGBTQ upl to adopt domtilly than ternatnally.

GAY RIGHTS, RELIG EEDOM, AND THE BATTLE OVER ADOPTN

While many same-sex upl have succsfully pleted ternatnal adoptns, several untri still prohib gay adoptn. False Ias About Gay Adoptn’s Effects on Children: While has monly been ed as an argument agast gay and lbian adoptn, studi have shown that same-sex adoptn do not have a negative impact on children. In addn, there are no signifint differenc the velopment of genr inty and sexual orientatn between children of gay and lbian parents and children of heterosexual parents, acrdg to rearch prentg gay adoptn facts and same-sex adoptn statistics.

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CAN GAY COUPL ADOPT? WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

) Prevly, openly gay prospective foster and adoptive parents most stat were referred to other cisn amid a high-stak cultural and legal battle that featur qutns about sexualy, relig eedom, parenthood, fay stcture and theology. ”Bethany’s practice of referrg gay upl to other agenci was not official, the agency’s lears say. Media reports prompted the cy to spend ntracts wh Bethany’s lol branch and Catholic Social Servic, an agency wh the same fah-based agenci have challenged new requirements to work wh gay clients the urts.

And when the anizatn changed s policy Michigan 2019, rponse to the state’s announcement that would no longer fund agenci that did not accept gay upl, a ver story World, an evangelil magaze, read “GIVING UP” wh an illtratn pictg a hand wavg a whe flag om behd a sk. On October 14, the Uned Stat Supreme Court cled to review a challenge by the Liberty Counsel about the Florida Bar’s amic brief support of Mart Gill, a gay man who sought to adopt his two foster children. Gill ma history last year when Miami-Da Circu Judge Cdy Lerman stck down a 32-year law prohibg gays and lbians om adoptg.

But Gill isn’t a typil prospective parent the ey of feral law–he is a gay man seekg to adopt Florida, the only state the untry that has an outright ban on adoptg to homosexual parents. Child psychology experts ttified that there was no scientific evince that would support the state’s ban on gay adoptn, and that would be the children’s bt terts if they stayed wh Gill and his partner.

GAY ADOPTN: HOW MON IS GAY ADOPTN AND IS LEGAL?

When Judge Lerman led the state ban unnstutnal and granted adoptn rights to Gill, the se was seen as a huge tone for gay and lbian prospective parents Florida, and for LGBT rights activists worldwi.

A recent survey showed that there are 250, 000 children the Uned Stat livg wh gay and lbian parents, acrdg to Lambda Legal, a natnal anizatn dited to protectg the rights of the LGBT muny as well as those wh AIDS and HIV. Cens also showed that there are approximately 600, 000 gay and lbian fai, and that they live 99. They were among the first adoptn s a Dallas-based agency where the birth parent requted a gay adoptive parent for her child.

The state of Florida put him up for adoptn, but refed Lofton’s requt to adopt Bert bee of the state ban on gay adoptn. But the once-hostile environment for gay and lbian people the Uned Stat is showg signs of improvement. Compare the figur to a 2005 CBS/New York Tim poll, where only 23% of terviewe believed that gays should marry, and 41% said that there should be no legal regnn of gay upl.